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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
There appears to be a lot you don't understand. The Presidency has little power when it comes to passing law and controlling the agenda of the nation. Congress controls both. If that map were how representation shook out, conservatism in this country would be dead. The Democrats would own both the House and Senate and control aspects of passing laws. It wouldn't matter if a Republican were the President, the organs of making law would be controlled by the Democrats.
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... the map in the tweet is electoral votes for the president... not house votes... hence my comment. I don't think you actually clicked the link in your rush to respond to me.
Gerrymandering has no impact on the senate either btw.
This on the other hand, explains it
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Originally Posted by nfotiu
I read through his thread and feel dumber for it.
He goes through an elaborate example to show why a very conservative candidate would lose in RCV because the majority would prefer not to have a very conservative candidate. He frames this like it is obviously a bad thing 
I think the Independent redistricting commission was just thrown in by the random talking point generator.
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